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Medical Research Consultant focusing on Advocacy, Education and Information for Cannabis Reform and Psychedelic Reform. Medical Professional (Retired)

A 2019 #study found a significant #association between #viewing #traumatic #events #online and #symptoms and #depression and #PTSD. More #frequent viewing of #videos of traumatic #experiences was associated with higher #levels of PTSD #symptoms and #depressive symptoms. Girls experiences greater PTSD and depressive symptoms than boys. Latinx individuals reported greater depressive symptoms than non-Latinx #individuals. The study #authors conclude that viewing #police killings and other “distressing #news directed at #members of one's own racial-#ethnic #group or those who share the same #immigration #status, are related to poor #mental #health #outcomes.”

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